2 Samuel 1
1 Or il arriva qu'après que Saül fut mort, David étant revenu de la défaite des Hamalécites, demeura à Tsiklag deux jours.
After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
2 Et au troisième jour, voici un homme qui revenait du camp de Saül, ayant ses vêtements déchirés, et de la terre sur sa tête, lequel étant venu à David, se jeta en terre, et se prosterna.
On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
3 Et David lui dit: D'où viens-tu? et il lui répondit: Je me suis échappé du camp d'Israël.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 David lui dit: Qu'est-il arrivé? Je te prie, raconte-le moi. Il répondit: Le peuple s'est enfui de la bataille, et il y en a eu beaucoup du peuple qui sont tombés morts; Saül aussi et Jonathan son fils sont morts.
David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
5 Et David dit à ce jeune garçon qui lui disait ces nouvelles: Comment sais-tu que Saül et Jonathan son fils soient morts?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 Et le jeune garçon qui lui disait ces nouvelles, lui répondit: Je me trouvai par hasard en la montagne de Guilboah, et voici Saül se tenait penché sur sa hallebarde, car voici, un chariot et quelques Chefs de gens de cheval le poursuivaient.
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
7 Et regardant derrière soi, il me vit, et m'appela; et je lui répondis: Me voici.
Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
8 Et il me dit: Qui es-tu? et je lui répondis: Je suis Hamalécite.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Et il me dit: Tiens-toi ferme sur moi, je te prie, et me tue; car je suis dans une grande angoisse, et ma vie est encore toute en moi.
Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
10 Je me suis donc tenu ferme sur lui, et je l'ai fait mourir; car je savais bien qu'il ne vivrait pas après s'être ainsi jeté sur sa hallebarde; et j'ai pris la couronne qu'il avait sur sa tête, et le bracelet qu'il avait en son bras, et je les ai apportés ici à mon Seigneur.
So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
11 Alors David prit ses vêtements, et les déchira; et tous les hommes qui étaient avec lui en firent de même.
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 Ils menèrent deuil, ils pleurèrent, et ils jeûnèrent jusqu'au soir, à cause de Saül et de Jonathan son fils, et à cause du peuple de l'Eternel, et de la maison d'Israël, parce qu'ils étaient tombés par l'épée.
They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
13 Mais David dit au jeune garçon qui lui avait dit ces nouvelles: D'où es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis fils d'un étranger Hamalécite.
Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
14 Et David lui dit: Comment n'as-tu pas craint d'avancer ta main pour tuer l'Oint de l'Eternel?
David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
15 Alors David appela l'un de ses gens, et lui dit: Approche-toi, et te jette sur lui; lequel le frappa, et il mourut.
You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
16 Car David lui avait dit: Ton sang soit sur ta tête, puisque ta bouche a porté témoignage contre toi, en disant: J'ai fait mourir l'Oint de l'Eternel.
17 Alors David fit sur Saül, et sur Jonathan son fils, cette complainte,
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 [Laquelle] il proféra pour enseigner aux enfants de Juda [à tirer de] l'arc; voici elle est écrite au Livre de Jasar.
and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
19 Ô noblesse d'Israël! ceux qui ont été tués sont sur tes hauts lieux. Comment sont tombés les hommes forts?
“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
20 Ne l'allez point dire dans Gath, et n'en portez point les nouvelles dans les places d'Askélon; de peur que les filles des Philistins ne s'en réjouissent, de peur que les filles des incirconcis n'en tressaillent de joie.
“Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
21 Montagne de Guilboah, que la rosée et la pluie [ne tombent point] sur vous, ni sur les champs qui y sont haut élevés; parce que c'est là qu'a été jeté le bouclier des forts, et le bouclier de Saül, [comme s'il] n'eût point été oint d'huile.
I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
22 L'arc de Jonathan ne revenait [jamais sans] le sang des morts, et sans la graisse des forts; et l'épée de Saül ne retournait [jamais] sans effet.
instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
23 Saül et Jonathan, aimables et agréables en leur vie, n'ont point été séparés dans leur mort; ils étaient plus légers que les aigles, ils étaient plus forts que des lions.
“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
24 Filles d'Israël, pleurez sur Saül, qui faisait que vous étiez vêtues d'écarlate, que vous [viviez] dans les délices, [et] que vous portiez des ornements d'or sur vos vêtements.
“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
25 Comment les forts sont-ils tombés au milieu de la bataille! [comment] Jonathan a-t-il été tué sur ces hauts lieux!
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 Jonathan mon frère! Je suis dans l'angoisse pour l'amour de toi; tu faisais tout mon plaisir; l'amour que j'avais pour toi était plus grand que celui qu'on a pour les femmes.
Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
27 Comment sont tombés tes forts, et [comment] sont péris les instruments de guerre!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
